Walter Dorwin Teague
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Walter Dorwin Teague (December 18, 1883 - December 5, 1960) was an Art Deco designer and industrial designer. He designed cameras for Eastman Kodak, glassware for Steuben and Texaco gas stations.
His company's work with Boeing began in 1946 with the design of the Stratocruiser's passenger aircraft interior. This relationship with Boeing has lasted more than 60 years with Teague's Aviation Studios work on every Boeing aircraft including the 707, 747, 777 and 787.
Walter Dorwin Teague and his son of the same name made contributions to many basic industrial and consumer products, including the A.B. Dick Mimeograph to Cold War missiles like the Lark and Loki. He even built structures in the Soviet Union for the United States Information Agency. His firm's Steinway Peace Piano, built for the 1939 New York World's Fair, is now at the Smithsonian. The firm's design for the porcelain-clad Texaco station became an icon of post-war America as much as their original Polaroid Land Camera. His architecture included the Civil War Centennial Dome in Richmond, Virginia. Teague Associates' product designs are in major museums around the world including the Wolfsonian and Cooper-Hewitt. In Virginia Roanoke’s Art Museum of Western Virginia held an exhibition, sponsored by Norfolk Southern, that included the firm’s work.
Teague's son won an award from the Industrial Designers Institute for a fully-reclinable dentist's chair, which allowed dentists to sit while working on patients.
Teague's legacy continues today as his company Teague remains an important industrial design consultancy. Based in Seattle, Washington, Teague has worked with clients such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Boeing.
